www.fernandobiagi.com

 

All my pictures are shot with a Nikon D40 with the 18-55 kit lens, the 55-200 VR and the 35 f1.8. Almost always I use a polarizer and occasionally graduated neutral density filters ND4/8.

 

From april '12 I've switched to d5100 and a Tamron 17-50 f2.8 in place of the 18-55.

  

All the little I know about photography is thanks to Ken Rockwell (www.kenrockwell.com)

 

A great book I suggest to learn about composition, colors, patterns etc is" Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography" by Brenda Tharp (www.brendatharp.com/)

 

Other pictures of Lake Trasimeno with a mix of history and myth can be found here (in italian only, for the moment):

 

trasimeno.altervista.org/

 

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"Art is the expression of imagination, not the duplication of reality." - Henry Moore

 

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept" - Ansel Adams

 

"You don't take a photograph, you make it" - Ansel Adams

 

"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships!" - Ansel Adams

 

"The most important image editing, other than cropping, is selective lightening and darkening, called dodging and burning.

 

Lighten the parts of the image to which you want to add emphasis, and to which you want to attract the eye first.

 

Darken the parts of the image that are irrelevant, or lead the eyes away from the important part.

 

How do we keep the corners dark to keep eyes from wandering off? Both by composing the image that way, and by darkening the print edges later in the darkroom. Ansel Adams called this important technique "edge burning."

 

"Always be subtle in your burning and dodging. The instant it becomes obvious that you've used it, the photo is trash." The effect is the strongest when you keep it subtle enough to stay in the subconscious.

 

I usually use about half the strength of what I first think I want to use when burning and dodging. Otherwise, if it becomes obvious, and destroys the effect." - Ken Rockwell